Photo: Cmglee · CC BY-SA 3.0A family village: 35% of households have dependent children
Households in flats make up 4.8%, against 23% across England’s towns. The share of one-person households stands at 24%. Coton has more residents with no religion than 89% of UK towns, at 48%. In 2021, the Census found 952 residents locally, living in 373 households.
Half of Coton is under 42.3, younger than 67% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 10–14: nearly one in ten residents, 1.5 times the share across England’s towns. 17% of residents are 65 or over. On residents aged 15 to 24, Coton sits lower than 61% of UK towns: 9.4%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
Full-time students: 7.2%, a higher share than 92% of UK towns
What adults did at the 2021 Census (the ONS’s NS-SEC classes), and where residents lived a year earlier.
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
Address a year before the Census
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
Managerial and professional jobs account for 54% of Coton’s adults, routine and semi-routine work for 11%, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. For full-time students, the comparison across England’s towns is 7.9%. The census found that nearly one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier in the village.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in term time, so students were counted at their term addresses.
Larger households than 95% of UK towns: 2.6 people on average
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Cambridgeshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
There is little gap on shared households of unrelated adults: 4.8%, about the same as across England’s towns.
Households in detached houses make up 42% in Coton, more than in 79% of UK towns
Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Cars or vans · share of households
The share of households in terraced houses is 13%, against 24% across England’s towns. Here, 10% of households have no car or van. 4.8% of households live in a flat, less than in 84% of UK towns; 42% in a detached house, against 21% across England’s towns.
Residents whose main language is English make up 95% in Coton, less than in 76% of UK towns
Country of birth, year of arrival and main language, Census 2021.
Born outside the UK, by region · share of all residents; the bar runs to 25%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Arrivals from 2017 on account for nearly a quarter of residents born abroad, beside 21% across England’s towns. The usual figure: nine in ten residents have English as their main language across England’s towns. For Coton, the census puts residents born outside the UK at 18%.
Only 80% of residents describe themselves as White British in Coton
How residents described themselves at the 2021 Census. Lines join the lowest and highest of the three figures.
Ethnic groups other than White British · all residents
White British, not charted: 80% of Coton · Cambridgeshire’s towns 72% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The share of residents who describe themselves as Christian trails 86% of UK towns: 43%. To put it in context, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. Leading the other groups after White British: Other White (12%), Mixed or multiple (3.9%) and Chinese (0.5%).
Above 84% of UK towns: 54% of adults are married or in a civil partnership
Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.
Partnership status · residents 16 and over
Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over
22 residents care, unpaid, for at least 50 hours a week. Across England’s towns, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership. Where 39% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership across England’s towns, Coton has 31%.
Degree-level qualifications reach 59% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications cover 59% of adults in Coton, 34% across England’s towns; 8.7% have no qualification, against 18%. Students still working towards a degree help explain why A levels are the highest qualification of 13%.
Coton is younger than 5 of its 7 nearest neighbours
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coton | 952 | — | 42.3 | 17% | 35% |
| Comberton | 2,255 | 2 mi | 47.8 | 25% | 29% |
| Girton | 4,384 | 2.1 mi | 45.1 | 25% | 28% |
| Hardwick | 2,658 | 2.2 mi | 44.1 | 18% | 29% |
| Bar Hill | 3,899 | 3.3 mi | 44.2 | 21% | 25% |
| Cambridge | 152,742 | 3.3 mi | 31.9 | 11% | 26% |
| Highfields Caldecote | 2,049 | 3.4 mi | 41.6 | 15% | 41% |
| Histon and Impington | 7,781 | 3.5 mi | 45.6 | 23% | 28% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- The Census was taken in a lockdown, in term time. 21 March 2021 fell in term time, and students were asked to give their term-time address, so most were counted where they study. Some may have been living with family that day.
- “Cambridgeshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Cambridgeshire (or England), summed the same way as Coton’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out.
- Small counts are blurred. The ONS adds small random changes to Census counts to protect privacy, so the same total differs a little between tables, and the shares of a small town can move by a point or two.
Questions about Coton’s residents
What is the population of Coton?
The 2021 Census counted 952 people in Coton’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Coton?
The median age was 42.3 at the 2021 Census. 9.4% of residents were 15 to 24 and 17% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Coton?
80% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 72% across Cambridgeshire’s towns. 18% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Coton?
48% said they had no religion and 43% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.4% were Muslim and 6.7% didn’t answer.
Is Coton good for families?
35% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Coton’s schools page.
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area (TS002, TS003, TS004, TS007A, TS008, TS015, TS017, TS019, TS021, TS029, TS030, TS039, TS044, TS045, TS062, TS067). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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